Cyphoderopsis nepalensis ( Wilson, 1982 )

Mandal, G. P., 2020, Short Communication Cyphoderopsis nepalensis (Wilson, 1982): A New Record of Collembola (Entomobryomorpha: Paronellidae) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 487-490 : 488

Cyphoderopsis nepalensis ( Wilson, 1982) ( Figure 1 )

1982. Troglopedetes nepalensis Wilson, Transactions of the British Cave Research Association, 9: 212.

Type locality: Nepal: Pokhra , Mahendra Gupha .

Material examined: Soil habitat, Terai Grasslands, Valmikinagar Range VTR-II, West Champaran dist., Bihar, (27˚24.154’N, 83˚54.663’E), 24.i.2017, coll. G.P. Mandal, 01 ex., 2533/H14; Soil habitat, Terai Grasslands, Valmikinagar Range VTR-II, West Champaran dist., Bihar, (27˚20.173’N, 83˚53.396’E), 22.i.2017, coll. G.P. Mandal, 01 ex., 2541/H14.

Diagnosis: Coloration: White in alcohol. Head, body and furcula covered with numerous brownish scales. Ratio of Antennae: Head as 1.9: 1. Antenna to body length is 1: 2.3. Antennae IV not sub divided. Two strong wing -like basal teeth and a weak sub apical tooth; unguiculus lanceolate; a single row of spine on each dens, dens thickly covered with setae.

The main diagnostic character of this species is dentes with one row of dental spines, eyes absent, manubrium longer than mucrodens and claw with two strong internal teeth.

Distribution: India: Terai Grassland, Valmiki Tiger Reserve, West Champaran district of Bihar. Elsewhere: Nepal.

Figures

Figure 1. Cyphoderopsis nepalensis (Wilson, 1982): Habitus.